The
Sound of Music with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer opened
in Detroit at the Madison Theater on March 17, 1965. It had earlier opened
in New York City on March 2, 1965 and in Los Angeles on March 10, 1965.

"
'Sound of Music' has come to the Madison in movie form with its usual
collection of delights and awkwardnesses but certain to go on forever
because of Julie Andrews, the greatest girl to hit the movies since Greta
Garbo," wrote Louis Cook in the Detroit Free Press on March
18, 1965.

"Hollywood
has a bellringer here. No doubt about it," wrote Detroit News
Amusement Editor John Finlayson on March 18, 1965. "Which is to say
that 20th Century Fox's version of the Broadway stage hit, 'Sound of Music,'
at the Madison Theater, will be around town for a long time, delighting
young and old and filling the box office coffers to overflowing."

The
Sound of Music played at the Madison for 98 weeks until January
29, 1967, before being replaced with The
Bible (Stephen Boyd, Ava Gardner), which opened on February 1,
1967.

The
Sound of Music began its suburban run on February 15, 1967, when
it opened at the Camelot in Dearborn, the Mai Kai in Livonia, and the
Universal City in Warren. It played for at least five months at each of
these theaters. The re-release of The
Sound of Music on March 16, 1973 was hosted by the Americana I
in Southfield.

Ann
Arbor audiences were treated to the opening of The
Sound of Music on May 12, 1967 at the Michigan, after a run of
Hombre
(Paul Newman, Frederic March). The
Sound of Music played for two months at the Michigan, until July
13, 1967, followed by Eight
on the Lam (Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller).